Thursday, January 3, 2013

Guard Fires at Presidential Convoy?

The past two
weeks have been extremely traumatizing within President Biya’s elite forces. An
atmosphere of uncertainty reigns in Yaounde following rumours and allegations
that a group of Presidential guards issued an open letter to the President of
Republic denouncing some issues. Had the dust settled on the alleged open
letter to President Biya that on December 23, 2012 at about 7:30 p.m, one of
the Presidential guards allegedly opened fire at the President Biya’s convoy
when he was returning from presiding at the final of the Cameroon Cup?

Yet, allegations
are rife that all what has been said about the incident is bare rumour. But it
goes again that some members of the elite force who were assigned to ensure the
President’s security have been arrested and are being interrogated. Furthermore,
it is aired that a certain Corporal
Donald Abena Meba Klam, T09/1189-4 of the Presidential guard has been arrested
after a burst of gunfire at the moment the head of state’s convoy arrived
Elig-Edzoa on December 23. Another saying goes that he attempted opening fire
at the President’s convoy, rumours claim. However, the same allegations say
Donald Abena Mba Klam who "opened fire" was immediately overpowered by
his comrades of the Presidential guard and was immediately transferred for
detention at the headquarters of the Presidential guards before being moved to
SED and is presently at the DGRE to help investigators in their investigations.

A few days before the incident of 23 December 2012, another school of
thought holds that several arrests and detentions were carried out within the
elite force. According to newspaper reports the incident took place before the visiting
Equatorial Guinea President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. They were accused of
spreading messages of a plan participant to attempt on the President's life. The
reason we gathered is that Presidential guards have long complained of their
ill-treatment by the military. This is the meaning given elsewhere in pamphlet
written in the form of an open letter addressed to the Head of State about
their living conditions, their bonuses and other benefits that (according to
them) are diverted by senior officers. This is the same irreverent tone,
unusual in military circles, according to another anonymous letter posted on
the Internet. Classified sources also hinted that the head of the Presidential
also received embarrassing messages from anonymous numbers. It is rumoured that
some members of the elite force were identified as authors and have been
arrested as well. More so, it is alleged that for sometimes, some Presidential guards went for months without potable water.

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